String Quartets Book IX op. 71 and 74-Haydn dedicated the series of Quartets op. 71 and 74 to the Hungarian Count Apponyi a Viennese patron of music and a freemason friend. Haydn composed them when he was enjoying a great deal ofsuccess with his 'London Symphonies' in England. With their weighty slow introductions and dense movements focusing on sound they also have symphonic characteristics. In…

La référence AL29236 de l'éditeur Leduc dont l'auteur célèbre est Lauba Christian, qui a pour titre Quatuor A Cordes N02 'Morphing' Partition Et Parties, a été écrite et composée pour Musique de Chambre et plus particulièrement pour Quatuor A Cordes. Cette partition musicale appartient à la catégorie Classique. / Quatuor A Cordes / Partition

Beethoven se tourna relativement tardivement vers le quatuor à cordes. Lorsque le prince Lobkowitz lui passa commande des quatuors op. 18 il avait déjà 28 ans 30 ans lorsqu?il les termina. Ce sont donc des ?uvres de la maturité qui se différencient nettement des quatuors de Mozart notamment de par leurs exigences techniques tout en s?en rapprochant sur le plan musical. Le quatuor en La majeur K…

La référence AL28991 de l'éditeur Leduc dont l'auteur célèbre est Denisov Edison, qui a pour titre Quatuor, a été écrite et composée pour Musique de Chambre et plus particulièrement pour Flûte, Violon, Alto Et Violoncelle. Cette partition musicale appartient à la catégorie Classique. / Flûte, Violon, Alto Et Violoncelle / Partition

Hoffmeister Quartet and Prussian Quartets-Over the next few years all 26 of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?s String Quartets will be published by Henle in an Urtext Edition of both score and parts. All previous editions have left much to be desired for example asconcerns the correct placement of dynamic markings.Henle?s edition made with the artistic collaboration of the Armida Quartet draws upon the…

String Quartets Book X op. 76 Nr. 1-6-?Masterly and full of new ideas?: thus the Swedish ambassadorial secretary Silverstolpe when he first heard these pieces in 1797. Haydn?s friend the music historian Charles Burney reported in 1799 that he had ?nevertaken greater pleasure in instrumental music?. Our new edition of these six works including the famous ?Emperor Quartet? follows the text of th…

String Quartets Book VIII op. 64-The quartets were dedicated to the violinist Johann Tost who was the second principal violinist at the Esterházy court during the 1780s. His business sense led him to sell twelve quartets - opus 64 was probably amongst them -to a Parisian publisher. Whether Haydn approved of this is open to question - the dedication was however no longer present in the second im…

Early String Quartets-The Weinzierl castle in Lower Austria which still stands today can be considered to be the birthplace of a chamber music genre which is firmly established in our present-day repertoire. The young Haydn was invited to spend sometime at this place by a wealthy musical friend and often met up with the steward at the castle the castle priest and the cellist Anton Albrechtsber…

At the end of the 18th century the town of Cádiz in southern Spain provided the backdrop for a Passion to mark Christ?s hour of death; its focal point was the reading and interpretation of Christ?s last words. Haydn wascommissioned to write short meditative music to be played alternately with the readings. Haydn composed a work for orchestra. Due to its success the publisher commissioned Haydn t…

This reprint of the celebrated Novello edition features the six 'Haydn' Quartets the 'Hoffmeister' Quartet and three 'Prussian' Quartets. Based on corrected manuscripts published by the composer's widow this famous study scoreconstitutes the first authentic edition of these works. The score is complemented by more than 60 pages of front matter by famed musicologist Alfred Einstein the music ed…